Sunday, October 5, 2008

Iron Chef Challenge I.

Katie, from Don't Eat off the Sidewalk, is sticking up her mofo middle finger [MMF] and flipping off the Food Network all month with her down-home-all-vegan Iron Chef weekly challenge. On Friday, we had the secret ingredient Big Reveal: apples and ginger.

Our apple season is short in New Orleans, and I've really been enjoying the crispy crunchy unadulterated apple-ness lately. I wanted to participate in this challenge, but without cooking the apples in any way. Also, since I like to be so un-American and all, I wasn't about to take the apple pie highway.

Here's what I came up with:Apple Salad with Apple Mint and Candied Ginger.

3 apples (mix up the variety for interest)

1 lime, juiced (about 4 tablespoons)

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

pinch cinnamon

pinch cayenne

1/2 teaspoon whole grain mustard

squirt of agave

1 tablespoon slivered apple mint

1 1/2 tablespoons minced candied ginger

salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste

Core the apples and slice thinly. Throw them in a bowl and toss them with 2 tablespoons of lime juice to coat completely.

hey kittee! i have been participating in vegan mofo, but i haven't been put on the google reader :( i tried several times to comment on the ppk blog to get all in on the mofo goodness, but none of them showed up! if you could include me in that reader, that would be awesome! my blog is: http://peacebypastries.blogspot.com

I also like my apples raw - that's why I doused mine in melted sugar! It seems like such a waste, sometimes, to bake away perfectly yummy apple ... though I confess that sometimes I like cooked, too. Just not the apples that are really, really good raw!

This sounds and looks lovely, so sad that I'm allergic to raw apples... We are drowning in apples right now, and I'll have to bake them or make a lot of apple sauce. Apple sauce with mint and ginger, maybe?